Mining Incidents

Mine No 12-C: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Metro Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Faine James R
Earling, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4603935

MSHA record for Mine No 12-C (mine ID 4603935). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Laura Coal & Coke Company Inc 1973 to 1976
  2. Rich Creek Mining Company Inc 1976 to 1982
  3. Chafin Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  4. Golden Brook Mining Ltd 1983 to 1986
  5. Metro Mining Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 12-C sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 27, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Contact with electrical current

SUPPOSED TO BE PATROLLING MINE PROPERTY,DISCOVERED DEAD 7 X-CUTS FROM SURFACE NEAR A DEWATERING PUMP.FOUND SUBMERGED IN 24\\ WATER WITH 440 VOLT POWER CONDUCTOR IN HAND.ENTIRE CABLE WAS REPORT EDLY BURNED TO PALM OF HAND.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 3 incidents

August 4, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Metro Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PIN3ING TOP WHEN A RTOCK 3' X 3' X 2" THICK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & BACK CAUSING SOME STRAIN ON HIS BACK.

May 8, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metro Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I NAME WAS PULL3NG ON A MINER CABLE AND STRAINED HIS LOWERED BACK. HE DID NOT NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION DUE TO THE INJURY AT THAT TIME.

April 20, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Metro Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A THREE WHEELER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL CAME OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HAND THIS CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LEFT THUMB

1985 · 4 incidents

April 24, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEG.

February 18, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURIED WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL HOLE IN ROOF WHEN DRILL STEEL KICKED BACK CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN ATRS SYSTEM AND DRILL STEEL.

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING SPLICE BELT ON SURFACE AND WHILE USING A HAND HOIST TO PULL BELT BACK TOGETHER THE HANDLE OF THE HOIST FLEW BACK STRIKING INJUREDS FOREHEAD

January 14, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOFBOLTS WHEN A SHARP PAIN CAME IN HIS BACK AS HE WAS PUTTING ROOFBOLT IN HOLE

1983 · 1 incident